The 2022–23 season was the eighteenth season in RoundGlass Punjab FC's existence, and their seventh consecutive season in I-League. This season of the I-League witnessed the return of the home-away format of the matches similar to that of the 2019–20 I-League season after a break of two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
With a 4–0 away win over Rajasthan United on 4 March 2023, RoundGlass Punjab became the first club to secure promotion to the Indian Super League, from the I-League. On the same day, RoundGlass Punjab were confirmed as champions. RoundGlass Punjab finished with 52 points from 22 matches, becoming the first champion side to cross the 50-point mark since Churchill Brothers in 2012–13.
Managerial changes During pre-season, it was announced that Ed Engelkes would leave as role as interim first team manager and replaced on 8 August 2022 by Staikos Vergetis. The club later announced Ed Engelkes would return to his role as Technical Director of Youth Affairs.
Personnel
Current technical staff PositionName Head coach Staikos Vergetis Assistant coach Dimitrios Kakkos Goalkeeping coach Vinay Singh Strength & Conditioning coach Nikolaos Tsagkatakis Team Manager Kamaldeep Singh Technical Director Nikolaos Topoliatis Team Doctor Sidak Dhillon
Transfers
In No.PositionPlayerPrevious clubTransfer feeDateRef Ravi Kumar Odisha Free Tarif Akhand Rajasthan United Free Krishananda Singh TRAU Free Ronaldo Oliveira Goa B Free
Out No.PositionPlayerOutgoing clubRef03 Saurabh Bhanwala Rajasthan United06 Bikramjit Singh Real Kashmir10 Joseba Beitia Rajasthan United12 Rupert Nongrum NorthEast United19 Denzil Kharshandi27 Aakash Sangwan Chennaiyin31 Ashray Bhardwaj Sudeva Delhi33 Sumeet Passi East Bengal Kean Lewis Mohammedan Robin Singh SC Bengaluru Lalthuammawia Ralte Odisha9 Kurtis Guthrie Livingston11 Travis Major Blacktown City
Competition
Overview
I-League
League table
League Results by Round
Matches Note: I-League announced the fixtures for the 2022–23 season on 1 November 2022.
Super Cup
RoundGlass Punjab were drawn in the Group A for the 3rd edition of the Super Cup along with two ISL clubs and one I-League club.
Group stage
Matches
Group stage
Statistics All stats are correct as of 16 April 2023
Squad appearances and goals
All competitions
!colspan=16 style="background:#FD6019; color:#FFFFFF;"| Goalkeepers
!colspan=16 style="background:#FD6019; color:#FFFFFF;"| Defenders
!colspan=16 style="background:#FD6019; color:#FFFFFF;"| Midfielders
!colspan=16 style="background:#FD6019; color:#FFFFFF;"| Forwards
!colspan=16 style="background:#FD6019; color:#FFFFFF;"|Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
Clean-sheets
RankNameNo.LeagueSuper CupTotal1 Kiran Chemjong16111122 Ravi Kumar1101 Jaskaranvir Singh31101
References